Add new dll mscat32

[Vijay Kiran Kamuju]

Hi,

I would like to add a stub dll for mscat32.dll in wine.
It mostly is a forwarder dll ie, it has forwards for most of the
functions to wintrust.dll
And it also provides functions for reading catalog files.
It is mostly used by microsoft for it installers.
I mean for its own products like Winodows Media Player 9, IE, etc.
I wanted to inform to get the approval from wine team, for inclusion
of this dll.

Thanks,
VJ

[James Hawkins]

On 6/11/07, Vijay Kiran Kamuju  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to add a stub dll for mscat32.dll in wine.
> It mostly is a forwarder dll ie, it has forwards for most of the
> functions to wintrust.dll
> And it also provides functions for reading catalog files.
> It is mostly used by microsoft for it installers.
> I mean for its own products like Winodows Media Player 9, IE, etc.
> I wanted to inform to get the approval from wine team, for inclusion
> of this dll.

If adding a stub dll fixes a bug, there's not a lot of reason not to
accept such a patch.

[Vijay Kiran Kamuju]

Hi,

I havent tested by putting a stubbed dll, but i have tested it with
the native one.
Well, after I have written the stubbed dll, will test again.
As I have to check which function it actually uses.

Thanks,
VJ

On 6/12/07, James Hawkins  wrote:
> On 6/11/07, Vijay Kiran Kamuju  wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to add a stub dll for mscat32.dll in wine.
> > It mostly is a forwarder dll ie, it has forwards for most of the
> > functions to wintrust.dll
> > And it also provides functions for reading catalog files.
> > It is mostly used by microsoft for it installers.
> > I mean for its own products like Winodows Media Player 9, IE, etc.
> > I wanted to inform to get the approval from wine team, for inclusion
> > of this dll.
>
> If adding a stub dll fixes a bug, there's not a lot of reason not to
> accept such a patch.
>
> --
> James Hawkins

[Vijay Kiran Kamuju]

Hi,

There seems to be already a patch available.
http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2006-April/047232.html
I would like to know from author, if this will work with latest version of wine
Can anyone test windows media player installation with this patch?

Thanks,
VJ

On 6/12/07, Vijay Kiran Kamuju  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I havent tested by putting a stubbed dll, but i have tested it with
> the native one.
> Well, after I have written the stubbed dll, will test again.
> As I have to check which function it actually uses.
>
> Thanks,
> VJ
>
> On 6/12/07, James Hawkins  wrote:
> > On 6/11/07, Vijay Kiran Kamuju  wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to add a stub dll for mscat32.dll in wine.
> > > It mostly is a forwarder dll ie, it has forwards for most of the
> > > functions to wintrust.dll
> > > And it also provides functions for reading catalog files.
> > > It is mostly used by microsoft for it installers.
> > > I mean for its own products like Winodows Media Player 9, IE, etc.
> > > I wanted to inform to get the approval from wine team, for inclusion
> > > of this dll.
> >
> > If adding a stub dll fixes a bug, there's not a lot of reason not to
> > accept such a patch.
> >
> > --
> > James Hawkins

[James Hawkins]

On 6/11/07, Vijay Kiran Kamuju  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I havent tested by putting a stubbed dll, but i have tested it with
> the native one.
> Well, after I have written the stubbed dll, will test again.
> As I have to check which function it actually uses.

First of all, please bottom-post on this mailing list.  You took me a
little too literally.  By 'adding a stub dll fixes a bug', I meant
that if the installer requires functionality in this dll, and adding
the dll and then implementing the required APIs gets the installer
working, there's no reason not to include it.